Design and Implementation of Arduino Insect Robot for Real Time Applications

A robotic project that mimic the insect motions is the Arduino-based Insect Robot. This Arduino Insect robot's characteristics are part of the current advancement of Artificial Intelligence. The characteristics include obstacle avoidance, light attraction, and random resting abilities, which are quite like insect behavior. The project includes an Arduino product, the Arduino-Pro Mini, that serves as the project's principal controller. It has five servo motors that move its front right leg, front left leg, center, or shaft, which is coupled to the two back servos, back right leg and back left leg. The shaft servo used in this project aids robot operation by allowing the rear servos to move at a higher angle. The project also includes three ultrasonic sensors that measure obstacle distance and have configurable parameters that control how many steps the insect robot will take to escape the barrier. Photodiodes with pull-up resistors are also included in the project, which are used to detect light. Two USB connections are also included, with channel 1 rated at 1A, channel 2 rated at 2.1A, and a toggle switch for power supply. A solar panel is also utilized in this project, which absorbs the sun's rays and converts them to electricity. Simply said, they are utilized to produce power through the photovoltaic effect.